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Ecclesiastes, Chapter 1

¹ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.	1 Ecc 1:12 Ecc 7:27 Ecc 12:8-10
² “^a Or Futility of futilitiesVanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “^b Or Futility of futilitiesVanity of vanities! All is^c Or futilevanity.”	2 Psa 39:5 Psa 39:6 Psa 62:9 Psa 144:4 Ecc 12:8 Rom 8:20
³ What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?	3 Ecc 2:11 Ecc 3:9 Ecc 5:16
⁴ A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth^d Lit standsremains forever.	4 Psa 104:5 Psa 119:90
⁵ Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And^e Lit pantinghastening to its place it rises there again.	5 Psa 19:6
⁶ ^f Lit GoingBlowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues^g Lit turningswirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.	6 Ecc 11:5 Joh 3:8
⁷ All the rivers^h Lit goflow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the riversⁱ Lit goflow, There they^j Lit goflow again.
⁸ All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.	8 Pro 27:20 Ecc 4:8
⁹ That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.	9 Ecc 1:10 Ecc 2:12 Ecc 3:15 Ecc 6:10
¹⁰ Is there anything of which one might say, “See this, it is new”? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us.
¹¹ There is no remembrance of^k Lit first or formerearlier things; And also of the^l Lit latter or afterlater things which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come^m Lit latter or afterlater still.	11 Ecc 2:16 Ecc 9:5
¹² I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. ¹³ And I set myⁿ Lit heartmind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is^o Lit an evila grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. ¹⁴ I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is^p Or futilityvanity and striving after wind. ¹⁵ What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.	12 Ecc 1:1 Ecc 7:27 Ecc 12:8-10 13 Ecc 1:17 Ecc 3:10 Ecc 3:11 Ecc 7:25 Ecc 8:17 Ecc 2:23 Ecc 2:26 Ecc 3:10 Ecc 4:8 14 Ecc 2:11 Ecc 2:17 Ecc 4:4 Ecc 6:9 15 Ecc 7:13
¹⁶ I^q Lit spoke with my heart, sayingsaid to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my^r Lit heartmind has observed^s Lit an abundancea wealth of wisdom and knowledge.” ¹⁷ And I set my^t Lit heartmind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind. ¹⁸ Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.	16 Ki1 3:12 Ki1 4:30 Ki1 10:23 Ecc 2:9 17 Ecc 1:13 Ecc 7:25 Ecc 2:12 Ecc 7:25 Ecc 1:14 Ecc 2:11 Ecc 2:17 Ecc 4:4 Ecc 4:6 Ecc 4:16 Ecc 6:9 18 Ecc 2:23 Ecc 12:12


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